John 4:13,14

Jesus said unto her, ”whosoever

drinketh of this water shall thirst again,
but whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall
be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life.”
 John 4:3-6
He left Judea, and departed again
into Galilee. And He must needs go
through Samaria. Then cometh He to a
city in Samaria, which is called Sychar,
near to the parcel of ground that Jacob
gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s
well was there, Jesus therefore, being
wearied with His journey, sat thus on the
well and it was the sixth hour.
 As Jesus sat by the well side, He
was faint from hunger and thirst. The
journey since morning had been
long, and now the sun of noontide
beat upon Him. His thirst was
increased by the thought of the
cool, refreshing water so near, yet
inaccessible to Him for he had no
rope nor water jar, and the well was
deep.
A woman of
Samaria
approached, and
seeming
unconscious of His
presence, filled her
pitcher with water.
As she turned to go
away, Jesus asked
her for a drink.
 John 4:9
Then saith the woman of
samaria unto Him, ”how is it that
thou, being a Jew, asketh drink
of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? For the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans?”
 Why did the Samaritan
woman refused to give
Jesus some of her water?
 The Jews and the Samaritans were
bitter enemies, and as far as possible
avoid dealing with each other. To
trade with Samaritans in case of
necessity was indeed counted lawful
by the rabbis but all social
intercourse with them was
condemned. A Jew would not
borrow from a Samaritan, nor receive
a kindness, not even a morsel of
bread or a cup of water.
 The woman saw that
Jesus was a Jew. In her
surprise, she forgot to
grant His request but
tried to learn the reason
for it.
 John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her,
“If thou knowest the gift of God, and
who is it that saith to Thee, give me to
drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee
living water.”
 You wonder that I should
ask of you even so small a
favor as a draught of water
from the well at our feet. Had
you asked of Me, I would
have given you to drink of the
everlasting life.
 John 4:11
The woman said unto her,” Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep: from
whence then hast thou that living
water? Art thou greater than our
father Jacob, which gave us the
well, and drank thereof himself,
and his children, and his cattle?”
 John 4:13,14
Jesus said unto her, ”whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst
again, but whosoever drinketh of
the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into
everlasting life.”
 As Jesus spoke of the living
water, the woman looked up upon
Him with wondering attention. He
had aroused her interest, and
awakened a desire for the gift of
which He spoke. She perceived that
it was not the water of Jacob’s well
to which He referred; for of this she
used continually, drinking, and
thirsting again.
 John 4:15
The woman said unto
Him, ”Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to
draw.”
 Jesus now abruptly
turned the conversation.
Before this soul could
receive the gift He longed
to bestow, she must be
brought to recognize her
sin and her Savior.
 John 4:16
Jesus said, “Jesus said
unto her, go, call thy
husband and come
hither.”
 John 4:17, 18
The woman answered and
said, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said unto her, “thou
hast well said, I have no
husband: For thou hast had
five husbands; and he whom
thou now is not thy husband:
in that saidst thou truly.”
 John 4:25
The woman said unto
Him, “I know that Messias
cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come he
will tell us all things.”
 John 4:26
And Jesus said unto her,
“I that speak unto thee
am he.”
 John 4:28, 29
The woman then left her
waterpot, and went her way
into the city, and saith to the
men, “Come see a man,
which told me all things that
ever I did: is not this the
Christ?”
There are two kinds of water
in this story
 The water inside
Jacob’s well
•Fame
•Riches
•Worldly Pleasures
 The Living water which is
Jesus Christ Himself
He who tastes of the love of Christ
will continually long for more; but he
seeks for nothing else. The riches,
honors, and pleasures of the world
do not attract him.
Happy Sabbath